Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Alice Adelaide Boggess (1861-1939)

**There has been some conflicting research done regarding Alice Boggess, William Crick, Sylvester F. Driskill, and Sylvester M. Driskill.  I have done my best to muddle through the records and my research notes can be found here.

  
Alice Adelaide Boggess was born on May 13, 1861 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was the eighth of eleven children born to Lemuel Boggess, Jr. and Frances D. Adkins.  She and the other children were raised working on the family farm in Muhlenberg County. 

Alice married Sylvester Franklin Driskill on January 12, 1880 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was 18 years old and he was one month shy of 21 years.  Sylvester was born on February 4, 1859 in Todd County, Kentucky, the son of Fernie Green Driskill and Anna E. Mayfield. 

Sylvester and Alice were the parents of eight children:

Crawford B. Driskill              born February 1883
Clifford E. Driskill                 born October 1884
Claud A. Driskill                   born August 1886
Virgil E. Driskill                     born November 1888
Homer Pratt Driskill              born April 1894
Amplice Driskill                    born August 1896
Ruth Driskill                          born 1903
One child born and died between 1890 and 1900

In June 1880, the young couple was living in Court House, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  Their home was right next to the home of Sylvester’s sister, Adelia Ford, and her family.  Sylvester’s mother was living with Adelia’s family as well.  Sylvester was working as a farmer at that time.

In 1900, Sylvester and Alice and their children were living and working on a farm in Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky.

By 1910, the family had moved into a home on Depot Street in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  At that time, Sylvester was employed as a representative for a picture company. 

Sylvester and Alice were renting a home on 11th Street in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky in 1930.  Also listed in their household were their daughter, Ruth, and a granddaughter, Elsie.  Ruth was working as a teacher and Sylvester was employed as a sewing machine salesman.

Sylvester Franklin Driskill died on April 18, 1933 in Greenville, Muhlenerg County, Kentucky.  He was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Greenville.  He was 74 years old at his death.

Alice Adelaide Boggess Driskill died six years later, on March 11, 1939 in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky.  The cause of death was “cancer of [the] uterus,” from which she had suffered for more than a year.  She was laid to rest in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, likely next to her husband in the Evergreen Cemetery.  She was 77 years old at her death.



Notes for Alice Adelaide Boggess
Birth:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Birth Records, 1852-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.  Original data: Kentucky. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.
1870 US Census:  Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: M593_490; Page: 494A; Image: 355; Family History Library Film: 545989Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Marriage: 1880 US Census
1880 US Census:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Court House, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 435; Family History Film: 1254435; Page: 113C; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 0432Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 
1900 US Census:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky; Roll: 528; Page: 15A; Enumeration District:0065; FHL microfilm: 1240528.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
1910 US Census:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Magisterial District 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T624_496; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0089; FHL microfilm: 1374509Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
1920 US Census:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T625_593; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 99; Image: 432Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
1930 US Census:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky; Roll: 779; Page: 17B; Enumeration District:0009; Image: 779.0; FHL microfilm: 2340514Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Notes for Sylvester Franklin Driskill
Birth:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Birth Records, 1852-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.  Original data: Kentucky. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.
1860 US Census:  Year: 1860; Census Place: Todd, Kentucky; Roll: M653_396; Page: 792; Image: 282; Family History Library Film: 803396Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
1870 US Census:  Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: M593_490; Page: 495B; Image: 358; Family History Library Film: 545989Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.  
Burial:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi



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